The landlord of Most Safety on Friday issued a multimillion-dollar wager to the house owners of 4 racehorses that benefited from his horse’s disqualification in this yr’s Kentucky Derby.

Gary West stated he would pay $five million apiece to the house owners of Nation Area, Warfare of Will, Lengthy Vary Toddy and Bodexpress if any of the thoroughbreds end forward of his horse in a race in the course of the finish of the yr.

No horse has to win the race. They simply must go the end line forward of Most Safety. The opposite house owners must put $five million of their very own cash to pay West if Most Safety finishes forward of theirs.

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West stated his problem is not in regards to the debatable disqualification, however as an alternative, to generate passion within the recreation.

“I’m doing this as a result of I believe it will be just right for racing and a novel alternative to convey extra other folks into racing on account of the increased passion this might convey to the game,” West instructed HorseRacingNation.com.

Any winnings can be donated to the Completely Disabled Jockeys Fund, West stated, including that he would nonetheless make a donation even supposing no house owners settle for his problem.

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“Most mavens agree that Most Safety was once the most productive horse within the Kentucky Derby,” West stated, in line with the Louisville Courier-Magazine. “I don’t care to talk about the talk surrounding the occasions of the race and the disqualification of my horse at the moment, however I firmly consider I’ve the most productive Three-year-old within the nation and I’m keen to position my cash the place my mouth is.”

Most Safety first of all completed first within the Would possibly four race, however was once disqualified mins later for interference, rushing hopes for a possible Triple Crown run. Nation Area, who completed 2d, was once increased to first position, Warfare of Will from 8th to 7th, Bodexpress from 14th to 13th and Lengthy Vary Toddy from 17th to 16th.

Most Safety was once positioned 17th. Churchill Downs stewards dominated the pony drifted into Warfare of Will’s trail and affected different horses. Luis Saez, Most Safety’s jockey, was once suspended for 15 days for failing to keep watch over the pony.

Most Safety, the pony disqualified from the Kentucky Derby horse race, is ended in a grooming station after being scorching walked by way of Edelberto Rivas after the pony’s arrival at its house barn at Monmouth Park Racetrack, Tuesday, Would possibly 7, 2019, in Oceanport, N.J. (AP Photograph/Julio Cortez)

West known as the disqualification “unusual and unconstitutional.”

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A lawsuit filed by way of the thoroughbred proprietor and his spouse towards race stewards and the Kentucky Horse Racing Fee seeks to overturn the verdict – the primary on-track disqualification within the Derby’s 145-year historical past.

Most Safety is not going to run within the Preakness Stakes on Saturday.